Myron Weiner, M.D.
Professor Emeritus

Dr. Myron Weiner is a geriatric psychiatrist whose primary interest is in managing the emotional and behavioral symptoms of dementing illness. Dr. Weiner is Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Texas, where he heads the Clinical Core of the UT Southwestern Alzheimer’s Disease Center. He holds the Aradine S. Ard Chair in Brain Science and the Dorothy L. and John P. Harbin Chair in Alzheimer's Disease Research. He has more than 200 scientific publications to his credit, including editorship of the third edition of "The Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Research," published by American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. in 2003 and The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias, published in 2009.

Medical School

Tulane University of Louisiana (1957)

• Biology of Alzheimer's disease
• Biology of Alzheimer's disease
• Mood and behavior disorders associated with Alzheimer's disease
• Mood and behavior disorders associated with Alzheimer's disease
• Treatment for Alzheimer's disease

Featured Publications

The quality of life in late-stage dementia (QUALID) scale.

Weiner MF, Martin-Cook K, Svetlik DA, Saine K, Foster B, Fontain CS. J Am Med Dir Assn 2000 1 114-116

Cortisol secretion and Alzheimer's disease progression.

Weiner MF, Vobach S, Olsson K, Svetlik D, Risser RC. Biol Psychiatry 1997 42 1029-1037

Alzheimer's disease and its Lewy body variant: A clinical analysis of postmortem verified cases.

Weiner MF, Risser RC, Cullum CM, Honig L, White C, Speciale S, Rosenberg RN. Am J Psychiatry 1996 153 1269-1273

Prevalence and incidence of major depressive disorder in Alzheimer's disease

Weiner MF, Edland SD, Luszczynska H. Am J Psychiatry 1994 151 1006-1009

Statins reduce levels of 24S-hydoxycholesterol in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Vega GL, Weiner MF, Lipton AM, Bergmann K, Lutjohann D, Moore C, Svetlik D. Arch Neurol 2003 60 510-515

Prevalence and incidence of major depressive disorder in Alzheimer's disease: findings of two databases.

Weiner MF, Doody RS, Sairam R, Foster BM, Liao TY. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2002 13 8-12

Quantifying agitated behaviors in Alzheimer's disease patients

Weiner MF, Tractenberg R, Teri L, Logsdon R, Thomas RG, Gamst A, Thal L. J Psychiatr Res 2000 34 163-167

Apolipoprotein E4, other risk factors, and course of Alzheimer's disease

Weiner MF, Vega G, Risser RC, Honig LS, Cullum CM Biol Psychiatry 1999 45 633-638

• Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
  America's Top Doctors (2008)
• American Psychiatric Association
  Distinguished Life Fellow (2003)
• Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
  Psychiatric Excellence Award (1997)

• American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
• American Psychiatric Association
• Dallas County Medical Society